EP0250721A3 - Integrated circuit comprising bipolar and complementary mos transistors on a common substrate, and production method - Google Patents

Integrated circuit comprising bipolar and complementary mos transistors on a common substrate, and production method Download PDF

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EP0250721A3
EP0250721A3 EP87104507A EP87104507A EP0250721A3 EP 0250721 A3 EP0250721 A3 EP 0250721A3 EP 87104507 A EP87104507 A EP 87104507A EP 87104507 A EP87104507 A EP 87104507A EP 0250721 A3 EP0250721 A3 EP 0250721A3
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Josef Dr. Winnerl
Franz Dr. Neppl
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    • H01L27/04Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier; including integrated passive circuit elements with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the substrate being a semiconductor body
    • H01L27/06Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier; including integrated passive circuit elements with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration
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    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, or capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof  ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
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    • H01L29/66075Multistep manufacturing processes of devices having semiconductor bodies comprising group 14 or group 13/15 materials
    • H01L29/66227Multistep manufacturing processes of devices having semiconductor bodies comprising group 14 or group 13/15 materials the devices being controllable only by the electric current supplied or the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched, e.g. three-terminal devices
    • H01L29/66234Bipolar junction transistors [BJT]
    • H01L29/66272Silicon vertical transistors
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    • H01L21/04Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/18Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic System or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
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    • H01L21/2257Diffusion into or out of group IV semiconductors from or through or into an applied layer, e.g. photoresist, nitrides the applied layer being silicon or silicide or SIPOS, e.g. polysilicon, porous silicon
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    • H01L21/77Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate
    • H01L21/78Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices
    • H01L21/82Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices to produce devices, e.g. integrated circuits, each consisting of a plurality of components
    • H01L21/822Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices to produce devices, e.g. integrated circuits, each consisting of a plurality of components the substrate being a semiconductor, using silicon technology
    • H01L21/8248Combination of bipolar and field-effect technology
    • H01L21/8249Bipolar and MOS technology
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EP87104507A 1986-07-04 1987-03-26 Integrierte Bipolar- und komplementäre MOS-Transistoren auf einem gemeinsamen Substrat enthaltende Schaltung und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung Expired - Lifetime EP0250721B1 (de)

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AT87104507T ATE94688T1 (de) 1986-07-04 1987-03-26 Integrierte bipolar- und komplementaere mostransistoren auf einem gemeinsamen substrat enthaltende schaltung und verfahren zu ihrer herstellung.

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DE3622525 1986-07-04
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EP0250721A3 true EP0250721A3 (en) 1990-05-23
EP0250721B1 EP0250721B1 (de) 1993-09-15

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US (1) US5100811A (de)
EP (1) EP0250721B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2807677B2 (de)
KR (1) KR950006984B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE94688T1 (de)
CA (1) CA1310763C (de)
DE (1) DE3787407D1 (de)

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JP2807677B2 (ja) 1998-10-08
KR880002245A (ko) 1988-04-29
CA1310763C (en) 1992-11-24
EP0250721B1 (de) 1993-09-15
DE3787407D1 (de) 1993-10-21
KR950006984B1 (ko) 1995-06-26
EP0250721A2 (de) 1988-01-07

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